I always like these.
Alex Chiasson starts the season off on fire scoring 6 goals in 10 games, but finishes the season with 10.
Brian Elliott has a great start to the season but fatigues under true #1 minutes, and by the end of the season Chad Johnson is starting half the games. Johnson starts the first game of the playoffs.
Michael Frolik hits career highs in goals and points.
TJ Brodie and Dougie Hamilton both see their offensive totals fall, but those close to the team observe steps in their overall games.
Chris Higgins makes the team.
Hunter Shinkaruk has a terrible camp, starts the year in the AHL but is called up mid-season and establishes himself as a top 9 forward
Dennis Wideman is a healthy scratch more often than not.
A rookie dman not named Wotherspoon or Kulak makes the team out of camp.
Brandon Bollig scores 8 goals.
Johnny Hockey is a training camp hold out, and eventually is traded east for an impressive haul of assets. The fans are heart-broken but the trade sets the organization up far better in the long haul. Years later fans will look back at the trade as the thing that set the club up to be a championship contendor. BOLD BABY
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